Julius meyer



1rd Modem J. MEYER. v RAIL JOINT AND BOND FOR ELEGTRI-O RAILWAYS. No. 522,349. I Patented July 3, 1894.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOH Z Z 1d, I

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-jRAlLJQiNT-AND, enin FQR ELE TRJQR LWA Q ssnorsrcieriorrroming pertof ne recent no, 5 g,34;} j;g 7 Application flledbotober 21,1893; sensimielifls hmommies re all whom it may concern:

' Beit'knownthet I, JULIUS MEYER, a citi- :zen of the United States; resitling in] the city,

*connty, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rsil Joints and Bonds for Electric Belt ways, of which the following is a, specificstion.

it is customary to authorise of the rails, which for thispnrpose are connected by so called bonds, consisting of copper or iron .wires or bands which are sometimes coated with tin. To further protect these honds,"they have also been covered with a, coating of inwood, leev'inghowever the connection or bond end rail unprotected. In all the construe tions heretofore known, the bonds are not an integral part of the construction, but only an adjunct to the same; they are left exposedto mechanical injury end if not insulated, also to corrosion and electrolysis i The object of my inventionis' to improve 'the construction of the rail-bonds by making them apart of the rail-joint itself and errsnging' them in such it manner that they are protected against injury of any character. The bonds are so arranged that they, as well as their connections with the rails, are insu later]. so. as to maintain thereby the conducthe-ground is done away with, as there will. be no current-leaking from the rails to the emih- The invention COllSlStS of e railoint ens bond for-electric railways, in which the railends, are connected by angle-plates which are bolted 'to the webs of the rails and to a i below nlemnseswin he fully desn insfter and finally pointe ontin th in the facoompenying: drawingssimj im- 1 plied to two dififerent types of "rails;thougllj they are. equally a l'epterl t o iother"types of" rails, Figure 1 representing aside-elevation of a. suspended rail-joint with whichfmyi'm'f proved rsil-bondsemeisrranged; Rig. 2a yer? ticsl' transverse section 'of' the sameon line 2-2, Fig. 1,' butdrewn cn alargerscaleyFig.

3 9; Vertical longitudinal sectionjof a; rail-joint:

and bond on line 31- 53, Fig-Z; i; Fig. A a, were; cal trsnsverse" 'section, "on" line 4, Fig. '3, and Fig. 5"adetail perspcctivefview of one Of my rail-bonds, shown as idellafihediffio fll jlth'e rail, successes s l'nrgerfs'cslg spending parts.

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Referri 1 3". re I 16 ld hwihgs; A are the-rsil f ends, which ere 'connecteldliy slight-plates Bi B with the webs ofjtli'e r'silsjand'Midis-sup;

porting base-plate or tronghIfiron 'D, tip; I per flanges on the angle pletes beingcon nectedby bolts 'b with the webs of t ersils,

while the lo'wer flangesof }tlie aq ultrpn esare connectecl'b'y boltsb with'the oiitwarqlys l' extendingifianges dot" thetrongh-imnDl One or more rail-bonds E'that ar efforrned of copper or iron wires or'bsnds, which are prefersbly bent so as to form several convolutions, ere attached by their flattened eyesheped-ends e to the under side of tliepbase of the rail-ends, said bonds E being located in the central depression or trough of the troughiron 1), which is preferably provided at-its ends below the rails with upwardly-bent flanges d", as shown in Fig. 3.

The central depression or trough of the trough-iron D is filled up with aspheltumpr other plastic insulating mnteriahwhich is run in at liquid. state into the trough-iron so as to fill up the space below the. base of the rails and incloses entirely the connecting bonds located in the same. The bonds and their connection with the rails are therefore fully protected against injury by mechanical or elec- 4 below and around the shoe, so as to give'snp-- port to the joint. The angle-plates and their connections with the rail-ends are the same,

as shownin Fig. 2, while the type of the rail' is a different one from that shown in Fig. 2, having a head specially adapted for street railways. In Fig. 4 two bonds are shown, which connect the base of the rail-ends, said bonds being attached by their ends to the inner side of the rail, but embedded in asphalturn in the same manneras the single bonds shown in Fig. 2.

The advantages of my new construction of rail-joint and bonds are that they are fully insulated by the asphaltum filling run into the trough of the supporting base-plate,'or troughiron and that thereby the bonds are fullyprotectedagainst corrosion and injnryby mechanical and electrolytic agencies, while a very reliable connection of the rail-ends is produced.

Having thus described my. invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- a v 1. The combination, with the rail-ends,.ol a base-plate provided with a ,-,:ough and out-' saaeae wardly extending flanges, angle-plates con nected by bolts to the webs of the rail-ends l and to the outwardly-extending flanges of the base-p1ate,a bond or bonds connecting the base of the rail-ends, and a filling of asphaltum or other plastic insulating material run into the trough of the base-plate, so as to fully inclose the bond or bonds and serve asa protection for the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The coinbination with the rail-ends, of

a base-plate for same, said base-plate being provided with a central trough, outwardly extending side flanges and upwardly bent endflanges, angle-plates connected by bolts to the webs of the rails and to, the side-flanges of the base-plate, a yielding bond or bonds attached to the base of the rails, and a filling of plastic insulating material run into the groulgh of the base-plate, substantially as set ort l.

3. The combination, with the rail-ends of a base-plate provided with a central depression or trough and with outwardly and downwardly extending flanges forming a shoe, angle-plates bolted to the webs of the rails and to the side-flanges of the base-plates, a yield lug bond or bonds attached to the base of the rails, and a filling of plastic insulating material, run into the trough of thebase-plate, substantially as setfortlL.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J'ULIUs MEYER. T

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPnL, CHARLES SCHROEDER.' 

